Pakistani forces surrounding a group of militants on the Afghan border, possibly including a top al Qaeda member, have given them a deadline of noon (7 a.m. British time) to surrender, an army officer says. "We've given them a deadline of 12 noon to surrender," the army officer told Reuters on Friday in the town of Wana, near the scene of the battle.
| This is bringing back all too many memories of Tora Bora and they aren't the good kind. If bin Laden did manage to make his sorry hide out of there in one piece, it was during that idiotic cease-fire the local militias decided to have. We know at least that Ayman and lesser al-Qaeda leaders like Khalid Jehani did make it out of Tora Bora in once piece during that basic time frame. If Ayman is holed up in Kaloosha and planning to make his escape, this'll be when he does it. |
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